Telephone-desk



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- l. N. FBEELAND.

TELEPHONE DESK.

(Application filed May 27, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

ISAACYN. FREELAND, OF ROCHELLE, ILLINoIs.

TELEPHONE-DESK.

sPECIFicA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,896, (Ia/tea runs 13, isee.

Application filed May-27, 1898. Serial No. 681,261. (No modh) To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I. ISAAC N. FREELAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at B- chelle, in the county of Ogle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone-Desks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a desk which can be secured in position adjacent to a telephone in order that orders or messages received through the telephone can be inscribed upon a strip of paper, which is torn off anda carbon copy left upon a roll of paper.

In-the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved desk in which portions are broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical lengthwise central section.

The support for my improved desk consists of two brackets, each having a vertical base 1, provided with holes 2 in each end, through which screws pass to secure them to the wall. Aledge 3 forms the uppersurface of each bracket, and from its upper face extends a projection 4, provided with openings forming bearings for the rollers 5 and 6. A projection 7 extends from the front end of the ledge 3, supporting a roller, 8.

The sides of the brackets are of open-work and support the rollers 9, 10, and 11, the latter having its end 12 in crank form. A shelf 13 is located upon the ledges 3 of the brackets and held in position by screws 14:, which serve to connect the brackets and shelf. Upon the shelf, near its side edges, are secured strips 15. A top 16, of sheet metal, has an opening 17 and depending edges 18 and is secured in position over the shelf 13 by screws 19, the upper edge 20 of this top forming an edge over which the paper containing the inscription is torn off.

Upon the roller is placed a roll of paper 21, which passes over the roller 8, across the shelf 13, under the roller 5, over the roller 6,

.roll mounted upon the roller 10 will be wound upon the shaft 11, and after an inscription has been placed upon the strip 23 an impression will be left upon the strip 21. The crank is then turned, which will draw upon the strip 21, carrying the strip 23 with it, until the inscript-ion on the strip 23 is beyond the roller 6, when it may be torn 01f over the edge of the top.

I claim as my invention- In a telephone-desk, the combination of two brackets having an upwardly-slanting upper surface each having a projection rising from its upper surface near its upper end and provided with two openings, and each having a perforated extension at their lower ends, two rollers supported by the ears and a roller supported by the extensions, a shelf supported by the brackets, three rollers supported by the brackets one having a crank, strips secured'to the shelf and a top covering the shelf and rollers, its upper edge forming a surface over which the paper is torn, the top having a central opening, and both sheets of paper passing under the first upper roller and over the second upper roller, one sheet being torn off and the other wound upon the roller having the crank.

ISAAC N. FREELAND.

Witnesses:

JAMES DECOURCEY, G. W. UNGER. 

